you wear this. >> as i see the barbecue out there, i'm sure some will wind up here. at home, go ahead and keep track of how long it takes before alisyn camerota makes her first arvelle ice cream guy. >> mr. softy? >> she wanted to lose that one right away. >> i'm going to resist it. >> it took 14 seconds. >> just for good humor. >> let's see how long -- >> wow! >> i say by 6:30 eastern, she will refer to me at some point as matt lock. >> she always does. you knew this was going to happen. you still wore the suit. >> it's summer here at "fox & friends" and we're very happy. happy friday! so let's get to your headlines. we have a lot to tell you about including this extreme weather alert. thunderstorms pounded the northeast knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people. these tornadoes were reported in pennsylvania and new york. one woman was killed when a tree

smashed on her car. heavy rains and wind canceling more than 900 flights across the country. the storms were triggered by the hot and humid weather hitting the entire country. a vote is set for today on a controversial united nations treaty armed at regulating the global arms trade. it will cut down on the number of weapons illegally traded among countries but a group of 51 u.s. senators from both sides of the aisle are threatening to oppose the treaty. they say the treaty bans gun control and falls short of protecting americans' constitutional rights to bear arms. so what happened to james holmes during the time he study neuroscience? that's one of the mysteries stemming from the mass shooting in colorado and it will remain a missry because the judge is banning the university of colorado, denver from releasing any records about holmes' time there. the judge says releasing them would impede the investigation. the shooter entered the prestigious program in june of 2011. he dropped out one year later. alleged shooter, i should say. we're hours away from the

opening ceremony of the 2012 olympics. these are live pictures from olympic park in london. it's a typically gray day there. just moments ago, first lady michelle obama hosted a breakfast in team u.s.a.'s honor and offered some praise. >> being here is other worldly for me, you know? i am still so inspired by all of you and i'm still in awe at everything you have achieved. >> she's camouflaged to blend in with the flag. >> she does. >> prince william and duchess kate along with prince harry greeted the torch as it made its way to buckingham palace. those are your headlines. >> did you know -- i heard a fun fact. well, a trivial fact about the olympic torch. if you're a head of state, you can't touch it. they don't want politics involved in the torch. >> right. >> i did not know that. >> i didn't know it until this morning either when i heard it on the radio. >> let's talk about something less consequential than the torch facts. let's talk about the presidential election and what

mitt romney has to feel good about today. while he's overseas going to poland and in london talking olympics and going to israel, we're talking what the american people think about his ability to fix the economy and his ability to actually come up with the right decisions when it comes to fixing the economy by a score of 63% to 25%, they think mitt romney would make good decisions on the economy. that is -- those are some tremendous numbers considering they spent two weeks killing him for his bain years. >> you know what they always do, when they say ok, sure, he's great on the economy but the president, the current president is so likable or is he? yesterday, we were talking a little bit about how the knights of column about have this new poll out that shows that 78% of the country is frustrated by the tone of the campaign. and then you've got this story in "the hill" newspaper that says that because of the obama campaign has been doing so much negative advertising, pummelling mitt romney, a lot of people

don't like that about the president. and so what they're doing is they're softening the ads to make the president more likable. and in fact, they've started to run two ads in particular because there's a "wall street journal" poll that has just come out that said, ok, of the negative campaigning out there, who do you blame? 22% blame barack obama. 10% behind that is mitt romney. >> that's the risk. >> it's taking a toll on the president. >> it may have although that gallup poll doesn't show that he has a larger margin for popularity and likeability but again, it could have that boomerang effect, the negative ads. >> by huge margin. he's much more likable. >> twice as much. 22 -- 2-1. laura ingraham talks about what's more important in this election year. is it likeability for who is the best steward with the economy? >> the president has spent an enormous amount of time over the past 3 1/2 years burning his likeability factor because he came and ran on this hope and

change platform and it sounded very interesting to a lot of people and very historic and i think people were glad that there was a first african-american as president and i think some of that carries on to this day. but at the same time, i believe that the results are now being finally examined and whether he's likable or a really kind of a jerk is irrelevant to the question of whether we like what has happened to america and i think a lot of people don't like that. >> what a lot of people should keep in mind, too, is that president bush won against al gore and against senator kerry because he was more likable. they called him a cowboy. they called him reckless, inarticulate but the bottom line is the american people would much rather have a beer with george bush than those other two guys. now it seems the american people want to have a beer with president obama even though he had a beer summit than mitt romney. but one thing to keep in mind that may be different now is governor romney actually has a personal story to tell that would make him more likable if

he chooses to tell it about his $18 million he gives to various causes around the world. how he shut down bain capital and the search for his employee's son, what he's done with his inheritance that he inherited from his dad. gave all of it to b.y.u. to name a school in his dad's honor. he's got a personal story to tell to make himself more likable whether he chooses to tell that story might decide what happens to that poll number. >> meanwhile, one of the names being bandied about for possible republican v.p. pick is condaleeza rice. she's shot down those rumors. today, she has an interesting op ed in the financial times in which she talks about what she thinks the country needs particularly on the international stage and she -- what's great about this article and i suggest that everybody read it is she gives specifics for how to lead, how our leaders, our politicians should stand up and lead. here are some of the things that she says. in this young century, the 9/11 attacks, the global financial crisis and the unrest in the arab world have struck at the

heart of vital u.s. interests. if americans want the tatonic plates of the international system to settle in a way that makes the u.s. more prosperous, the u.s. must overcome the reluctance to lead. we must stand up and promote the markets of free people and ensure that it safeguards rather than impedes global progress. she spells out specifics about how to lady. >> she does indeed. one of the things she does is clearly takes a shot at the current president where she says there is no palestinian state because it will only come through negotiation with a secure israel that is confident in its relationship with the united states. >> she also talks about trade. >> we are not. >> she talks about trade, energy and when she talks about we have to get over, talking about the obama administration. because the bush administration had a totally different -- had a totally different philosophy which leads me to one conclusion. >> what's that? >> she wants to be in the v.p. stakes even though she says totally the opposite. if she didn't, this doesn't

appear in "the financial times" today. >> or perhaps she's just coordinated with the romney camp. ok, he's making that international overseas trip, i'm going to go ahead and put out in "the financial times" what i think this administration is doing wrong. >> that underlines my statement, then. coordinating with the romney camp. >> well, maybe! >> former secretary of state. >> you sort of have to speak in, you know, platitudes and just generality. you have to bore us if you're going to be vice president. she's not doing that. >> let's talk a little bit about this. and this is something, you know, the president came out and said to his administration, all right, there are laws on the books regarding people who are in this country illegally and i know that the congress has tried to pass this dream act where if you came to this country as a young child and your parents brought in, that hasn't passed. i'm going to look the other way and let those people stay. as it turns out, ice and border patrol unions are saying that the illegals know exactly how to

gain the system. in fact, you stop somebody and you say so did you go to high school in this country? if they say yes, they're not going to throw them, you know, in the -- in the wagon and take them back south of the border. >> here's chris crane. he talks about the challenges ice has. >> one agent said to me yesterday, we have so many people telling us so many different things within our own office regarding what we can and cannot do that we don't know what to do and our managers don't know what to do either. we believe that significant numbers of people who are not dreamers are taking advantage of this practice to avoid arrest. >> because they take your word for it. all you have to do is say yeah, i came here as a 3-year-old. leave me alone and they got to leave them alone. >> he went on to say that, in fact, the agents' jobs are in jeopardy if they don't follow this directive from the president so they just -- if somebody says yes, i was a minor. i came here. they have to be hands off and

it's confusing, obviously to them in the field, as you said. >> you're saying that we're -- somebody who in this country illegally, we're taking their word for it. >> right. alisyn -- >> i'm not saying it. that's what the head of the union -- >> we're reporting. >> how do i know you were born here, alisyn camerota? miss italian? you don't belong in italy. >> i can assure you, i went to high school here. >> i have to take your word for. >> if you ever see the yearbook, i will deny that picture! >> coming up next hour, alisyn's yearbook picture. straight ahead, who says voter fraud doesn't exist? we're about to below the lid off that idea, aren't we? new evidence that thousands of votes may have been bought with drug money. our own eric shawn here next. >> remember the so-called doctor helping women enhance their backside? actually, i don't remember that doctor. but if you thought they were bad the first time around, it's about to get a lot worse. [ male announcer ] when a major hospital

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>> here's one for all the politicians who tell you there's no such thing as voter fraud. there's brand new evidence just revealed that drug money is being used to buy votes. joining us right now, fox news correspondent eric shawn who has been investigating several different cases, as you know. you've been all over this, eric. >> this is an unbelievable story, brian, who would ever think in this country right now that actually drug money would fund voter fraud? well, there's been testimony in a trial that major cocaine and marijuana drug dealers actually paid for votes to steal elections. 20 public officials have so far been convicted in vote buying in eastern kentucky. let's look at some of the numbers. $400,000 they say spent over several elections to buy 8,000 votes at $50 each. in 2010, there was one race, look at the testimony.

kenny day who is convicted, admitted convicted multimillion dollar cocaine and marijuana dealer. >> he's 5'10". >> you know what? he's also the public relations commissioner down there. he says look, i've been involved in politics most of my adult life buying votes. i always bought my votes. i bought my first vote with half a pint of liquor. that will show people on the ground who had the power, who had the money to buy votes. as time went on $5 a vote. $10 a vote. i paid as high as $800 a vote. election after election, day in and day out, every election i ever worked in. eugene lewis, he's a democratic board of elections judge. he served as that, a convicted cocaine and marijuana dealer also. he said i would pay them right in the booth. you would not believe the percentage of people from schoolteachers down that i bought votes from. it's unbelievable. a convicted marijuana cocaine dealer, the prosecutor asks j.c., did you buy votes? yes, sir. where did the money come from? from drug dealing i made. >> so this has been going on in

eastern kentucky. >> what do we assume? do we assume that vote buying is common, then? >> yes. that's what they tell me. we talk to several people in eastern kentucky. one candidate is michael sawyers who pled guilty to vote buying. he is now in jail, he'll be out next month and here's what he told us about buying votes. >> the sellers in this situation would come to me and ask how much i was paying for votes and asked me if, you know, i was buying votes or whatever. most i could pay is $25. they would go into the machine, they'd cast their vote. i had one gentleman come to me and say mike, i've got four votes. and he said -- so he took them voting and come back and i gave him $100. >> they say it goes on down there. he's remorseful and apologizes to the people of the county about that. one of the people he bought a vote from is richard moore. he says it's been going on since he's been a kid. >> you don't think it could

stop? >> nope. >> they'll still be buying votes here for years. >> yep. >> why's that? >> it's just -- >> that's where the money is at. that's where he said. remember billy sutton the bank robber? why did you rob banks? that's where is money is at. >> if we spot voter fraud, how do we get a hold of you? >> voter fraud at foxnews.com is the address. we read every single e-mail. this stuff is going on and hopefully authorities will finally be able to stamp it out. >> all the way to november and maybe beyond. we're told condy rice said the united states must overcome rent lukt -- reluctance to lead. the fundraising scheme asking couples to request campaign donations in lieu of wedding gifts. he has something else up his sleeves and it has something to do with his birthday. [ male announcer ] at scottrade,

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>> time for some quick headlines. airbus just announcing it's delaying the new airbus again. new a-350 model is being pushed back by another three months. the company blaming production problems. the a-350 now expected to start carrying passengers in the second half of 2014. test flights are planned to start in a year. and president obama's fundraising scheme asking couples to request campaign donations in lieu of wedding gifts was a bit of a flop. but no worries. he has something new up his sleeve. the president is asking donors to help him spend four more birthdays in the white house.

e-mail says it could be the last one i celebrate as president of the united states. but that's not up to me. it's up to you. the president turns 51 on august 4th. let's go to steve. >> all right, thank you very much, ali. former secretary of state under george w. bush condaleeza rice says the united states must remember that we're not just any country and we must lead the world again. but how? stuart varney is here to explain. we're talking about how she has written an op ed in the financial times of london today where she essentially is saying, we're not any ordinary country, dog gone it! we needed to take the wheel here. >> she's saying we should lead. i mean, we are -- just step back for a second. aren't you getting a little tired of hearing the administration saying oh, whoa is me, the economy is in bad shape because of europe. because the rest of the world is taking us down. here's condaleeza rice writing in "the financial times" saying hey, we could lead the rest of the world. we could make them follow us. she says and i'm going to quote directly.

the u.s. must overcome its reluctance to lead. we will have to stand up and promote the power and promise of free markets. that's the important phrase. free markets. ok, she's talking foreign policy. she's also talking economic policy. it's a clarion call from a respected voice that says hey, we can lead instead of following. on private enterprise, support for private enterprise is the way to go. >> you know, you made such a good point there in the beginning about how the united states -- currently, we have heard a million times, you know. we've got to blame the economic woes we've got in this country on those bad guys over in europe. they don't know what they're doing with their finances so that's why we are victims here. >> that's right. >> we're not -- we don't have to be victims! let's just stand up and take control. >> and she says we need a robust private sector growth area. that's what we need. a robust private sector. now, that's the exact opposite of all government all the time

that we're getting from this administration. now, look, in two hours, what is it, yeah, two hours' time, we're going to get new numbers on the economy which show us moving towards recession. at precisely that moment, condaleeza rice comes out and says we need a robust private sector to get us out of this! and lead the rest of the world out of it. >> and on that particular point, she's at loggerheads with the president. it was a couple of weeks ago where he said the private sector is doing fine. what he's worried about is government workers. >> do you think timing is important bearing in mind the vice presidency and speculation thereof condaleeza rice. >> we heard that mitt romney is going to make the announcement before the convention in a couple of weeks and there's this on the orange paper. >> not exactly a hat thrown into the ring but an offer of policy suggestions that are very important. >> all right. stuart varney takes the helm of fox business every day at 9:20 eastern time. just before the markets open. check him out. >> all right. >> we'll be looking for that

data later on today. >> thank you, stuart. have a nice weekend. meanwhile, meatless mondays get the boot but peta, people for the ethical treatment of animals buckling down on when a u.s. senator refusing to go vegetarian when he's going to die. that's true. forget the stress of life. make your g.i. joe dreams come true. stuart varney is so jealous of dave briggs who is driving that tank! but first, happy birthday to our buddy bill engvall, the comedian is 55 like the speed light. limit. [ molly ] wash your paws, mr. man!

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>> here's something interesting. goodyear tires are testing a new type of tire made with soybean oil. they are tofu tires and they think it will save energy. maybe. i think it takes some of the fun out of driving. after fighting with your girlfriend, do you want to peel out of her driveway burning tofu? >> smells like soybeans.

>> finally a use for tofu. >> let's talk about meatless mondays while we can. it doesn't seem like it's gotten anywhere. it looks like we'll have meat on mondays again because of this whole problem about the farming community being slammed by the drought. here our economy is waffling still. and then this becomes a message from the usda. let's start having meat on mondays. >> that's right. because the production of meat bad for the environment. in the newsletter at the united states department of agriculture, don't eat meat on monday because going meatless is good for the environment because animal agriculture is a major source of greenhouse gases and climate change as well. that looks delicious. >> right. so some -- >> some politicians, senator grassley for one, said wait a second, why is the usda coming out against farmers and against meat when their hole purview is agriculture and they're supposed to be the ones promoting agriculture and farmers.

and so they -- there was a backlash against the idea of meatless mondays. senator grassley tweeted out "i will eat more meat on monday to compensate for stupid usda recommendation about a meatless monday." so -- >> had a retort on grassley. >> they did. >> peta did. not usda. >> first, the usda said, you know, that was really a bad idea. and whoever put that in the newsletter was not authorized to do that. but when peta saw what charles grassley said, they -- remember, they're the people for the ethical treatment of animals, they are against eating meat and so apparently around the office, they started taking informal bets when charles grassley would die. >> and how. >> they're also taking bets on how he will die. >> yeah. >> so they are for the ethical treatment of animals, just not humans in terms of making bets on someone's mortality. >> german shepherds you're fine, grassley, you're not. let's talk about the news. >> one of the biggest mysteries

in the colorado midnight movie massacre will remain unanswered for right now. live in aurora, colorado with a move by the judge in the james holmes case. good morning to you. >> good morning. you're absolutely right. there's a gag order on any information from authorities to the media so right now, we won't be learning anything from authorities on this case. but what we're really focusing on are the victims. picking up the pieces of their lives and trying to get back to normal. the scene behind me looked drastically different a week ago. in fact, victims were still inside theater nine. emergency crews were still at the scene really trying to comprehend the scope of this tragedy. so a week later, first responders are returning to the scene. they're leaving flowers or notes at the growing makeshift memorial paying respect to the victims that died but also the five who remain in critical condition. 18-year-old a.j. voigt will be

laid to rest around 10:00 a.m. local time. the body of one of the two active duty victims murdered in this country, he's be returned to his hometown of crystal lake, illinois. they escorted the hearse to a private procession. they are going to pay their respects today. here's what we hear from family members. >> you expect a soldier to be killed in action, but being killed going to a show is unfathomable. >> i have a friend that lost her son in 2009. i understand the importance of holding the hand of a parent who has lost her child. >> the suspect, james holmes will be in court on monday. as you know, no cameras in the courtroom. that is when he'll be hearing his formal charges. until then, he'll remain in a county jail where he has access to both tv and newspapers. back to you in new york. >> all right, elizabeth, thank

you very much. live report from colorado. >> now, we want to get to the rest of the headlines including this curious story. police believe this guy kidnapped cal ripken jr.'s mother at gun point from her home in maryland. 74-year-old violet ripken was found one day later tied up in the back seat of her car. she says the man did not seem to know she was part of a famous family. that he just wanted money and her car. police described the suspect as a white male in his late 30's or early 40's who was last seen wearing a light colored shirt, camouflage pants and eyeglasses. if you know this guy or see him, call your local authorities. >> indeed. meanwhile, the white house still has a few friends in the banking world. the chairman of citigroup's investment banking department hosting a $10,000 a plate dinner for vice president joe biden next month in the hamptons on long island. citigroup got a whopping $45 billion from taxpayers as part of the government's big bailout. remember? >> the star of animal planet's reality tv show "whale wars on

the lam". paul watson is the founder of the environmental group sea shepherd. it clashes with groups for allegedly hunting for whales. he was arrested for endangering a crew in costa rica. he skipped town while out on bail. if you see him, talk to him. >> you can have a life like that, life on the lam. >> thinking about it. don't encourage me. a florida man charged with mance in a buttocks injection case. >> what? what? >> one of his patients died, believe it or not, this is the suspect, o'neill morris. that's not the suspect. he's accused of posing as a doctor and injecting women's behinds with everything from silicone, caulk, cement, even fix a flat which is the stuff that -- >> fix a flat? are you kidding me? where was she leaking? >> i don't know. you use that stuff to fix your tires. he would then reportedly seal up the injections using super glue!

oh, my gosh. morris is awaiting trial on previous charges of practicing medicine without a licensing causing injury. these are the aftershocks, by the way. >> that is a terrible story. >> all right. meanwhile, 22 minutes before the top of the hour on this friday, it was a wild night here in the tristate area last night with the weather and take a look. the satellite and the radar combined. we show you that remnants of that storm still moving through portions of new england down through the northeast. portions of the -- as you can see, the tennessee valley, mississippi valley and missouri valley. some heavy stuff moving through portions of the ozarks at this hour. otherwise, some widely scattered showers and generally things are unstable which i can identify there. 60's and 70's across much of the map. early, it's 6:38 eastern time on this day but things are going to warm up again across much of texas. it's going to be 100 today in dallas. almost 90 here in new york city. look at raleigh durham. they're going to clock in at about 4:00 with 97 degrees.

be about 93 in hotlanta. that's your fox travelcast. >> brian, talk about sports. >> listen, football camps have started and thank you very much for that toss. tim tebow and mark sanchez both arriving in jets training camp in very good shape. they're in upstate new york. tebow thrilled that training camp is under way. >> this is like my first day of college. it's exciting. it's fun. i think it will be good. for our team to get away, for us to kind of be isolated and be around each other 24/7. i think that will bring us closer together. >> that's good. a lot of backup quarterbacks get this kind of attention. i don't see anything wrong with that. there's talk that tebow will have a role on special teams as well. rex ryan says sanchez is the starting quarterback. both in great shape. pirates rookie knocking one out of the park on the first pitch in the first setback in his first major league game. he's the 28th player to do it and the first pirate since 1961.

the pirates are 2 1/2 games back of first place cincinnati and they win 5-3 and would be in the playoffs if they started today which is amazing. and there are plenty of hoop dreams for the u.s. men's u.s. basketball team. look at this. yes. the forward kevin love catching his teammates including lebron james and chris paul deep asleep. they were flying to london for today's olympic ceremonies and they were exhausted evidently. isn't twitter wonderful? i don't know how happy the other guys are that they have that shot. >> that's the shot that you asked our crew to re-create even out on the picnic table. >> that's true. crew was actually asleep. >> creating that. that was for real. >> that's -- >> by the way, if you want to hear more sports and i know you do, go to "keeping score" on fox news.com. that's what i look like. it's important to point out that -- >> that's what looks like. >> the crew said if they do get fired for not doing anything before the show, i do have to pay their entire salaries like

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john f. kennedy international airport is just plain sick. a study by the massachusetts institute of technology finding the airport is the most likely in all of the u.s. to spread diseases. >> great. >> i was just there. los angeles international which i flew to and honolulu international rounding out the top three. i've never been there. and a puppy's great escape goes horribly wrong. this little guy getting his head stuck in the gate, tried denying that he was trying to escape. didn't buy it at all. but he kept up the fight eventually knocking down the gate and the house along with himself. his buddy made a run for it. and the pup following not so long after. >> come on, cameraman. help him out. >> oh! >> there you go. >> phew! >> sometimes you got to learn that way. >> this is cool. the honking, the frustration, does your daily commute push you over the edge? if you've ever been stuck in traffic, i bet you wish you had a tank to just mow over all of

it. our own dave briggs got the chance to do just that! dave, tell us! >> you're going to want a tank now that you live in connecticut and drive in to new york here. but guys, growing up, boys and certainly a few little girls played pretend war games. flying an f-16 or apache helicopter is out of reach for most of us as adults. driving a tank, though, is now a reality. >> is the roller coaster just not cutting it? we found the perfect way to break out of those summer doldrums. instead of the amusement park, try drive a tank where for a few hundred bucks, you can rent a vehicle not offered at hertz and make your g.i. joe dreams come true. >> adventure tourism in general, as you've mentioned is growing at an astonishing rate whether it's driving tanks or other activities that people thought they could not do just the ability to be able to do them, i think, is 90% of the

reason. >> by opening up a tank park and offering up the experience of a lifetime, construction and heavy equipment contractor tony bordwin has thrill seekers flocking to a tiny town in minnesota from all over the world from moscow to saudi arabia and corporate outings to bachelor and even bachelorette parties. >> bachelor and bachelorette parties? >> you've had a bachelorette party here to drive tanks. >> chicks dig tanks, too. >> the ladies like to drive the tanks. sure. >> don't forget to put your foot on the gas. >> like a man, all right? >> like a man. >> like a man. >> boys and girls, the bad news was welcomed to my crew. in compliance with minnesota state law, these tanks have been demilled which means there's no firing of cannons or any other machine guns while driving. but beyond that, these babies are the real deal. straight from the cold war era. >> i got to tell you, not only

are these things intimidating in terms of their sheer size, but getting in them looks incredibly uncomfortable especially for somebody 6'3" so instead of your couch, this is like a large uncomfortable metal bunker. these things weren't built for comfort, were they, tommy? >> absolutely not. they were built to fight a war and destroy the enemy. >> cramped quarters, largely foreign steering mechanisms and uncommon dimensions make this for a difficult but very enjoyable ride. as easy as i can attest to get a little lead footed for this student driver to get carried away. >> two levers are your individual brakes. pull the right one to go right and the left one to go left. but think of it as a 2 wheel drive car with a track wrapped around the driving wheel. >> if driving on or in any of these 11 armored animals through a 20 acre limestone quarry is

not yet enough, fork over a few more hundred dollars to live out your monster truck fantasy. if crushing a car like this poor 1997 lincoln is not enough for you, the folks at drive a tank might have the thing. you can drive straight through and all over a mobile home destroying it for a mere $3500. >> sweet! >> crushing metal. >> i got the owner's manual here. >> the car you crushed? >> the car i crushed. you don't have to have a driver's license. anyone can drive this tank as long as you can reach the pedals. they've said 10 and 12-year-olds have driven the tanks and all the way up to 80-year-olds as well. >> did you get out some of your road rage? >> a little bit. a little bit. i hit a tree out there. >> what's the name of the place? >> it's drive a tank.com. base package is $400. >> that's great. >> and parking if you bring a tank to drive the tank? >> which i did. i drove the tank here to the studio. >> thanks for the memories.

very nice. >> bob hope all of a sudden. >> thanks. >> all right. meanwhile, he doesn't want a government handout for college so he's going into the business of patriotism to pay his own way. don't miss our next guest's awesome story. >> then it pays to have friends in high places. jon corzine lost billions of his investors' money but he was never charged. now we may know why. his curious connection to the justice department just revealed.

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>> our next guest is a student who found a great way to pay for college. he's going into the business of patriotism.

18-year-old brian thomas launched the graphic design company patriot type and he's with us from pittsburgh today. hi, brian. >> hi, how are you? >> i'm doing well. how did you get this idea to help pay for college? >> i started out designing computer wallpapers for people to put at their desk top as their computer but i decided to make a business out of it because i needed to finald a wa to pay for college. i told myself why not make these into large posters and i could sell them on line. so that's what i did. >> why not? you're looking at some of the posters that you've designed and tell us where you get the messages on them. >> well, i look for a lot of inspiration to the founding fathers because i think they got it right when they wrote the declaration of independence and our constitution so i look to them for a lot of the -- a lot of my inspiration but i'm going to start looking towards more modern day conservatives like ronald reagan for a lot of i inspiration as well. >> are you making any money yet? >> the sales have been ok. there's been a lot of support, though, i appreciate all the comments and e-mails that i've

been getting that is telling me i've been doing a great thing. sales have been all right so far, yeah. >> what's your advice for other kids in your generation? you guys often get a bad rap for maybe being the entitled generation, for not working so hard. for not wanting to take grimy jobs in order to pay for your college. what's your advice to other kids? >> yeah, i mean, i'd say no job is beneath you. i work retile -- retail part time and doing this in partnership with that. don't look to the government to give you what you want especially when it comes to college education. the college i'm going to is actually a small christian college and i can't accept federal money so i really have to pay my own way and i have to go to scholarships or basically just make my own money doing retail in this job here. >> good for you. you're an inspiration. thanks so much for sharing your messages with us. the web site is patriot type.com. we will link to it from "fox &

friends." thanks so much. great to meet you. >> thank you! >> meanwhile, a soldier just home from war uses the force to surprise his young son. >> reveal yourself! >> that's so sweet. more of this heart warming reunion at the top of the hour and let the games begin. mitt romney continues his overseas trip. what's in store for him today? we are live in london.

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stimulus and the slogan, the summer recovery? >> yeah. >> the recovery act is working. but it's going to continue to work. it's not over. a lot is going to happen this summer. >> good eye contact. a shocking new report shows how many small businesses went under despite the stimulus and the recovery summer. >> and boy, is it good to have friends in high places? after losing nearly $2 billion in customer cash, the department of justice has not charged m.f. global and jon corzine who headed that up and we know the reason, perhaps, why. "fox & friends" hour two for a friday starts right now!

♪ fast cars on a summer night ♪ endless summer >> you're looking at the great summer tunes there, aaron lewis is with us and he's a super interesting guy because he was a rock star in the band stain'd and he just made the switch to country star. we'll talk to him about that transition and how his life has changed. >> you will be talking to him live because you would prefer to be a musician rather than be on the couch with us. >> only thing that prevented me from becoming a rock star was complete lack of talent. >> did you even take band in fourth grade? did you pick an instrument? >> does cello count? >> i believe it can. >> there's always room for cello. >> it's hard to fit under your chin. >> side ways. yeah. >> good to have you in today for gretch. she's on vacation. >> thank you so much, colonel sanders. let's move on. let's move on. >> was that a seersucker joke or because i smell like chicken? >> a little bit. like batter! >> let's move on to your headlines. a lot to tell you about in the news. there's a vote expected today on a controversial united nations

treaty aimed at regulating the global arms trade. supporters say it will cut down on the number of weapons illegally traded between countries but a group of 51 u.s. senators from both sides of the aisle are threatening to oppose this treaty. the defense department could give pink slips to tens of thousands of civilian workers days before the presidential election. this announcement coming from a senior pentagon official and is all part of spending cuts passed by congress and signed by president obama last summer. the prospect may be unnerving for the president especially since most of the layoffs will impact folks in battleground states like virginia, florida and north carolina. what happened to james holmes during the time he studied neuroscience? that's one of the many mysteries stemming from the mass shooting in colorado and it will remain a mystery apparently. a judge banning the university of colorado denver from releasing any records about holmes' time there. the judge says releasing them

would impede the investigation. the suspected shooter entered the prestigious program in june of 2011 but dropped out a year later. as we told you, holmes sending a notebook full of disturbing drawings and details about how he was going to kill people. the force was with one little boy as he celebrated his birthday and a very special homecoming. >> would you like to meet him? >> jedi, come forth! reveal yourself. >> hand me a hanky, someone. this is the first time that the colonel has seen his 5-year-old son and wife in more than a year. he's been serving in afghanistan with the u.s. air force, both colonel keibler and his son loves the "star wars". i understand. my son has a vast collection of light sabers himself.

>> does he really? >> millions. >> never got into that in our house. we were more focused on the rockies and we're up to the russians. >> the rocky movies and not into the mountains. >> not got into the saber. what a great story that is. >> the president of the united states has a couple of softer in tone ads out. one is an ad that is called "it worked." essentially where he says, you know, i got a plan out there and it worked. did his economic plan really work? because according to the latest census data which runs up through 2010, it looks like when it comes to small businesses, the plan has not worked. >> yeah, there have been a lot of stories about who the recession hurt the most. was it the man-cession? has it hurt women? turns out it has hurt small businesses greatly. in march of 2008, there were 5.14 million small businesses. flash in regard to march 2010 and there were 4,922,000 firms

meaning that small businesses were down by about 200,000. that's how many were lost during the recession. >> and the numbers get worse and worse. 223,800 companies lost. three million workers have laid off. how much he's responsible for and how much the president is going to say he inherited is another story. the speaker talked to greta last night. small business he knows about, he was a small business guy. he's worried. >> the president is off campaigning trying to tell everyone that will listen he didn't mean what he said. he didn't really mean you didn't build that. mr. president, i'll tell you what, if you want to show that you stand with american small business owners, the best thing you can do is drop your plan to increase their taxes on january 1st. >> here's the problem, too. ken strossel writes in "the wall street journal" today, those

four little words. for the first time ever, the obama administration re-election campaign is reeling because they can't shake this. because the president went off on that day not for 15 seconds or 30 seconds but for minutes, and the r.n.c. is playing the entire thing and essentially, according to her assessment and i have to agree, the first president to demean the bedrock of american beliefs in the industrial -- in industrialness, industrialness and exceptionalism. i mean, she got to -- they got to the foundation of what -- of what america is about. and on top of that, gallup did a poll and so far, business owners approved of him 41% a week ago. now that's down to 35%. >> and so then you didn't build that comment is now the feature of a romney ad. ad is the aforementioned "it worked." >> what frustration. both sides of the aisle call this frustrating. after the financial meltdown on wall street that brought down the economy, there have been no prosecutions of any of the high

level bankers who didn't -- they were at the helm when this happened. so today, pierce writes her, you know him, he wrote the book called "throw them out" that talks about the cronyism on capitol hill and he writes in "the washington times" about why there might not be more prosecutions. >> plus brightburg.com has an item as well. keep in mind, the m.f. global debacle was the largest single financial collapse in u.s. history. $1.6 billion worth of client money was lost and why no prosecution of jon corzine, former governor, democrat governor of new jersey? well, the conventional wisdom had been because that man right there is a big bundler for barack obama. and his re-election campaign. but as it turns out, according to both the sources we just mentioned, apparently m.f. global has been a client of eric holder's former law firm covington and burling. >> apparently, the former

governor is one of his best friend's. >> coincidence? conflict of interest? you be the judge. a number of u.s. senators are calling for a special prosecutor to get to the bottom of it. i mean, if jon corzine were a republican and they lost $1.6 billion, don't you think something would have been done by now? >> and we'd love to hear from you on this. you can find us all on twitter. this is the very thing that peter sweitzer has made a book out of about all the cronyism and sweetheart deals on capitol hill that none of us are eligible for but they ruled the roost. >> you are sweethearts. we just don't get the deals. >> meanwhile -- >> republican presidential candidate mitt romney kicking off day three of his trip to london. carl cameron is live in london with the very latest. hi, carl! >> good morning, alisyn. the torch has been making its way up the river this morning. mr. romney will be attending the

opening ceremonies. today, he has a handful of meetings and activities to fill his day. there will be four fundraisers along. last night, he raised a lot more money from ex-patriots, americans living abroad and republicans living overseas, because just as in america, mr. romney's fundraising and support has waned from four years ago. it provides for mr. romney an opportunity not only to boost his fundraising bucks but, perhaps, his absentee ballots. it's true this has been a rocky three days for mr. romney. british press has been beating him up pretty badly. it's as though they've combined to become a super pac internationally just pounding him for a whole host of perceived gaffes. he was criticized for allegedly criticizing the preparation and the security planning for the olympics. he's been trying for the last couple of days to walk that back and explain that he was really just commenting on reports about security problems in the run-up to all of this but there have been other things that the brits have suggested that he hasn't handled particularly well. most of his reports with british

leaders are now over. now it's about the olympics and tomorrow, we'll be headed off to israel. the olympics tonight, a big moment for mitt romney. 10 years since he ran the salt lake city olympics and this whole visit was meant to highlight that experience. instead, there's been a considerable amount of criticism. one newspaper today asked in a blazing head line, who voigted this party pooper? they've been talking about mitt's muddle and the cartoons and the jokes have been pretty ruthless. >> they have been. all right, that's the british press and that's our american press guy, carl cameron live in london. thank you. >> you talk about today being a historic day. this also marks a sad anniversary, 40 years since the murder of 11 israelis by those palestinian terrorists. that is an ugly time. it happened at the olympics. there won't be any mention or moment of silence at the games and opening ceremonies and i think that's absolutely outlandish. i'm not the only one. bob costas is outraged by it. he's hosting the event. i understand that the nbc anchor will put his own moment of

silence in the opening ceremonies when the israeli team walks out. that's awesome. >> it is awesome. there's an article today that talks about how the palestinian authority is actually thanking the international olympic committee for refusing to do a memorial or some sort of moment of silence because they think that if they did that, then the israelis would essentially be exploiting the games. that according to the p.a. >> so the i.o.c. has made the palestinian authority happy but not a host of other people. >> this is all about -- not yet. this is all about -- worry about offending the muslim or arab community. this has nothing to do with the fact that -- with the fact that we should keep it light and about the games. this happened at the olympic games. it didn't happen in the backdrop. it happened in the middle of the olympic games and for david cameron to say it wouldn't be appropriate to do that in the opening games, why? because we have to show the queen again. can you stop for a minute and

put up one of the most recognizable ugly moments in olympic history? if it didn't happen in the olympics, it just happened in 1972, i understand. this is inexcusable for that to happen tonight for that not to take place. >> you're not the only one to feel so passionately. we'd love to hear what you think. if it's inappropriate to have that moment of silence or right note there. >> can i vote? >> give him the time. >> a minute. that's all they're asking. >> all right. what do you think? friends at foxnews.com or twitter.com/fox and friends. do you love mcdonald's big mac's? they're about to cost you a whole lot more and can you thank obamacare for that? we'll explain. >> did the white house leak top secret information? that question still remains and even the president's top advisors can't get their stories straight. will the mixed messaging haunt the president? our political panel weighs in. that's what they look like.

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>> the president takes this very seriously. we all take this very seriously. it is again, an insult and preposterous to suggest that this white house would leak information for political gain, classified information for political gain. that did not happen and would not happen under this president. >> all right. white house press secretary jay carney flat out denying that the white house or the president had anything to do with the string of national security leaks that came out earlier this year. but while carney is sticking to his story, the president's re-election campaign sounds as they are basically admitting to the leaks. listen to david axelrod. >> why is it leaking out of the white house? >> joe, joe, joe, there's an investigation going -- well, you stop it by sending strong

signals. strong signals have been sent. there are leaks out of every administration. >> so he basically is admitting it because senator dianne feinstein, a democrat and chairman of the intelligence committee said. we asked david axelrod to come on the show and he never answered so we'll go with our great panel. how will the president be affected by this issue? here's our political panel and they're some of the best. sasha burns is here, democratic strategist. angela mcglowan is here and not a democratic strategist, aaron task, editor in chief of yahoo finance and welcome to all of you. first off, is this a legitimate feeling, sense of concern? number one that these leaks happened out of the white house and senator dianne feinstein kind of said that? >> i think there's always a concern about national security leaks, absolutely. they happen in every administration. they shouldn't. they jeopardize operations and can endanger lives and the administration absolutely needs to look into it which it is. find out, did it come from the white house? if it did, shut it down. nobody is disagreeing with that.

>> for dianne feinstein who is chairwoman of the top committee dealing with intelligence to say that it did come from the highest ranks in the white house, then she retracted means something so if she knows that it came from the white house, it did come from the white house. i'm not saying that it came from president obama. >> "new york times" and "washington post" and a book about this. >> david sanger basically said it came from the white house. he made no bones about it. we had him on our show. >> inside the situation room. >> exactly. he said, you know, i asked him today, was there anything in there that you didn't want? we played a little football and game with the white house about what things we would talk about and what things we wouldn't talk about in the book. he made no bones about it. >> to me, there's such an easy out here. the president shows outrage. no one said the president leaks the story. let him go fire somebody and then he looks like a guy in charge who is tightening up things. why not do that? isn't that a better strategy than half denial and reprimanding people that speak out? >> look, trust me, once they find a good scapegoat, that will

absolutely happen. but you have to -- >> paperboy? >> you have to do the investigation first and dianne feinstein, and i have every respect for her and i don't disagree with what she said. what she did say, though, in her retraction is she doesn't know who the sources are. she said, you know, it looks like it must have come from the white house but she said i don't know where it came from. >> but obama is the commander in chief. he's the captain of the ship so if somebody is stepping out of line on that ship, he has to take responsibility and brian is right. >> they always get -- >> real quick, one second, we should talk about what was leaked. the suspect program, this is cyber warfare conducted by the u.s. government. obama campaigned as an anti-war guy and he's taking us in a new direction of warfare. that's more important than the leak itself. >> i'm going to take this panel in the direction in a moment. great job. the white house is in back track mode over the comments, you didn't build that. four little words. they're flooding the airwaves

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next, 10%. that's how much facebook shares fell in after-hours trading. the loss due to costs associated with employee stock compensation. the social network reporting at a $157 million second quarter loss and finally $12 million. that's how much capital one is paying over allegations it violated the rights of military families by foreclosing on their houses. repossessing their cars and denying them interest rate relief. now, they're in trouble. back over to the brian bunch. >> all right. it's been over two weeks since president obama made those infamous remarks, you didn't build that and built on those comments. now the romney campaign is using the president's words against him putting them in ads and putting the president on the defensive. >> if you've got a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. >> who took the risk? who put in the long hours?

your words are bad enough. but your actions over the last four years speak even louder. >> those ads, taking my words about small business out of context, they're flat out wrong! of course, americans build their own businesses. every day, hard working people sacrifice to meet a payroll, create jobs and make our economy run. >> so can the president get away with saying he was taken out of context or was he right on the money? we're back with the political panel. aaron, let's start with you. is the president in trouble today? i look at the "wall street journal" today, four little words he's having trouble shaking. >> he's having trouble with it. whether he can get away with it or not is up to the voters. i think it speaks to something he really believes. elizabeth warren made similar comments in massachusetts, it's this idea that, of course, we benefited with what society presents us but not all of us are super successful so you have to give people some credit for what they've done with their lives. >> arrogance in the speech and i read the speech. here it is right here. here's another statement. if you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own. you didn't get there on your

own. i'm struck by people who think they're so smart. a lot of people are smart. he was very arrogant in what he said. now he's eating his words. >> mitt romney said the same thing a week ago. he said if you have a business, you didn't get here without help. the roads, the firemen, the policemen, they helped you get here. it's such comical mitt romney because he said the same thing. he said it's olympic athletes and he said you didn't get here on your own power. >> in that commercial, the mitt romney commercial, the gentleman said it best. your action speak louder than words. your words, the words that you speak and he said it. >> behind that guy? >> and take a look at these polls now. gallup -- the gallup poll is showing this is really hurting him. president obama's policies among business owners, what do you think? 59% disapprove. 34% approve and that is why they seem to have trouble out of all those catch phrases and the mistakes mitt romney, you know, when he says i like to fire people and everyone says that's going to last. i sense thaurz a sense within

the obama camp that they're going to have trouble shaking it. >> hits people on an emotional level and says wait a minute, i don't deserve credit for the things i've accomplished in my life. that's the american, basic thing that we believe in our own individualism and we can go out and improve yourself even better. >> we need bigger government, that you need the government to make it. >> what he was saying that you have to have an infrastructure behind you to support a business. if you read it, it's very clear. >> steve jobs was successful not just because of that but because he was -- >> let me know if you think this is true. maybe the reason the obama camp is having trouble with this and romney is not being hurt by what he said in those early comments is because romney for 20 years was building businesses because he believed in taking the risks so no one would possibly believe that he would be pro, you know, infrastructure first. >> well, you know, i'd say it's subject for debate. he believed in the investors profitting from the business. >> come on! >> in the businesses that they invested in.

>> president obama has never made a payroll and the policies that he promised americans that would create a better, more prosperous america has -- >> president obama fights for the middle class or for small businesses is because small businesses are the middle class. >> right. guys, great debate. we're going into the maccallum hemmer show. i have to wrap this up sadly. good time. look forward to seeing you again. exit to famous dave's grilling barbecue straight ahead. meatless mondays gets the boot but peta is doubling down taking bets on when one of the senators who refused to go vegetarian will die and then country star aaron lewis is here. he's live on the plaza and he brought his instrument. and right now his hands are in his pocket. [ male announcer ] what if that hemorrhoid pain

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>> as you probably heard, president obama unveiled a new campaign slogan recently. forward. that's his new campaign slogan and it's been getting kind of a mixed reaction. so now both democratic candidates, president obama and vice president joe biden are trying out a new batch of slogans.

they're really trying to come up with something good. >> no, you can't. no, you shouldn't. don't even try! >> no, no, no, no, there's no jobs for you, man. >> the economy's bad. it's all my fault! and i can't fix it. >> i'm betting on china. >> i'm in over my head. >> have enough money to pay the bank, honey. and we have to move. we have to move. >> he's so great. >> why didn't the romney campaign think about that? >> a little help on that. we told you a little bit about this -- >> for the record, conan edited that together. >> we had nothing to do with it. >> yes. >> the united states department of agriculture in their employee newsletter encouraged employees of the federal government at the ag department not to eat meat on monday. remember, the ag department in charge of promoting, among other things, beef producers and pork

producers and chicken producers. it was crazy and that prompted charles grassley to get on a twitter. brian? >> right, steve. he got his twitter and said i'm going to eat twice as much meat. this is outrageous. who came up with this? you have to be kidding me. that was over 140 characters. i eat more meat on monday to compensate for the usda recommendation on a meatless monday but they answered back in a heartless way, didn't they, alisyn? >> well, peta did. i mean, the usda answered back by actually retracting that statement and saying that was put up by a staffer who had not gotten the proper clearance. >> good one. >> to put a statement like that up. i mean, what senators and politicians produce from meat producing states said why is the usda in the business of dissing farmers and saying not to eat meat? isn't that more -- if they want to talk to global warming that they were alluding to and greenhouse gases, why isn't that

the pursue of the e.p.a. so peta took up this fight and peta after grassley posted that started taking informal bets. they said on how senator grassley would die. >> yeah, and so peta was asked by somebody in iowa, they said do you think it's appropriate to be taking bets on when a u.s. senator is going to die and the spokesperson said, well, i don't think it's appropriate for a u.s. senator to encourage constituents to eat a diet that's more likely to cause them to die early. >> i don't get it. >> you know what? just don't wish any senator dies and eat meat on mondays and the world would be a better place. >> there you go. >> if you choose to. >> the world would be a better place. >> that's a good mixed message, brian. thank you. >> we have some headlines for you and we start with an extreme weather alert. thunderstorms pounding the northeast, downing trees, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people. overnight, tornadoes were reported in pennsylvania and new york state. one woman was killed in pennsylvania when a tree smashed down on her car.

the storm also causing a transformer to blow up. >> oh, man! >> yeah, i'd run in the house, too. a tree fell on a power line right in somebody's backyard setting out a gigantic explosion. they had the cell phone out. thankfully nobody was hurt. we don't know the extent of that damage but that tree is hurting today. the fast moving storms, heavy rain and wind leading to the cancellation of more than 900 flights across the country. the storms triggered by the hot air and the humidity hitting the nation yesterday. continuing today, brian. >> a woman in massachusetts literally jumping for her life to escape from a man who broke into her house. take a listen to her call for help. >> police say the man broke into the woman's home while she was asleep on the couch in order to get away. she told him she needed to use the bathroom, that's when she

made the jump from her bathroom window and called 911. officers later found the man hiding in the woods. >> quick thinking. meanwhile, this is sure to leave a bitter taste in your mouth. a big mac may soon cost you more thanks to obamacare. mcdonald's chief financial officer peter benson revealing it will cost the company up to $420 million a year more to comply with obamacare. that's up to $30,000 for every mcdonald's location. he says the fast food chain may have no choice but to raise food prices. that's not good. >> hey, guys. if you ain't -- do you hate going to the grocery store? one new york city supermarket is helping to make it more bearable by installing the man isle full with women on trampolines, i believe, centralized location for all things. men who need razors and need

beef jerky, it's there. the barbecue sauce that you can shake a stick at. the marketing c.e.o. says there's something else you can pick up in the man aisle. >> hunt down the man aisle to like, you know, act like they're shopping around and check out who is going. >> so women can shop the man aisle. you get what i'm saying? >> what's she doing in our aisle? >> the man aisle is strategically located across from the beer aisle. the market says they can't restock the shelves fast enough. we're being profiled as a gender. >> that's great american ingenuity. >> i'm so offended, i'm going to toss to a woman whoever she is. >> that would be alisyn camerota. >> thank you for that wonderful toss, brian. i'm out here for our summer concert series along with aaron lewis who is about to be playing for our great crowd. aaron, welcome to "fox & friends." >> pleasure to be here. >> your story is interesting because about a little more than a year ago, you switched from being a rock musician in stain'd, in the band to country musician. why the switch?

>> country music was the first thing i heard from music as a kid and -- and i'm now 40 and i got a wife and three kids and -- >> the rock star lifestyle doesn't apply to that? >> it doesn't fit as well as the country thing does but the rock stuff isn't going away. i'm doing that, too. >> you're both. you're both donny osmond and marie osmond now. >> a little bit country and a little bit rock 'n' roll. >> i'm glad you got the reference. >> you have kid rock to thank for the transition a little bit. >> he's the one that reexposed me to the old country music that my grandfather always played. i can thank him for that. >> how has your life changed now that you're doing more country? >> it hasn't really. just got busier. >> right. we should mention that you played a gig last night and you've been up all night. >> yeah. i didn't think it was a good idea to try to take a nap in between. >> i can tell you it's not. that's how you guys roll.

that's how you nutty musicians roll. >> professional. >> exactly. you're also doing something very special. tell us about the aaron lewis invitational charity golf tournament and the charity that you support. >> well, the golf tournament is one of the events that we do every year for the charity. this is the first time we've put this particular one together. >> what is the charity support? >> this -- the golf tournament supports the r.h. conwell community school which is a school that was closed by the school district and reopened as a privately funded community school. so this tournament is funding that. and the bigger picture of that which this school is really the first project of is the it takes a community foundation which is a charity that me and my wife started a few years back. >> that's great. great cause. and we're super excited to have you here today. so coming up, you're going to perform for us and everybody is very fired up about all of that. guys, we'll be right back with

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>> here's some good news. it's a major victory in the battle against troubled schools. for the first time in history, a group of california parents has succeeded in using what is known as the parent trigger law. a law that allows parents to make changes in their failing school district by petitioning the school board. and essentially turning their school into a charter school. joining us right now is one of those parents, cynthia ramirez has children, two of them in desert trails elementary school and her son is entering kindergarten this year. good morning to you and congratulations. >> good morning. thank you very much. >> ok. you got a whole bunch of signatures from parents all

across your district to take what is a public school right now and turn it into a charter school. why did you feel that you needed to do that? >> you know what? there was a lot of kids that were not getting the basic needs in school. so it's something better we had to do for our babies. >> i understand. i would do exactly the same thing. your school is a troubled school. we have some statistics about desert trails school right there. 72% of the sixth graders not at grade reading level. 70% of sixth graders not proficient in math as well. so you as parents just said, look, these are our children and these are part of our lives. we have to change things. >> yes, we do. we stand up and we told them. we tried to reach out before we started the petition and told them, you know what? before we do this, let's work together but ultimately led to the petition campaign. they never showed any sign of trying to cooperate. >> then there was problems

because you presented more than enough signatures to the board to turn your school into a charter school. but then they did something that kind of looks shady where they invalidated a whole bunch of the signatures, right? >> yes. they did. they held our campaign which is obviously not legal to allow. basically what they did, the opposing team was composed of parents and teachers. parents harassed them into signing the campaign signature. >> that's right. and since then, a judge has determined that they can't do that and they did have enough signatures. so before you go, cynthia, tell us what kind of changes you will see once your school becomes a charter school? >> first of all, they're actually going to have a curriculum now. there's not one in place. the environment there is going to be better as far as the teachers are going to be able to collaborate. they're going to be actually motivated to keep on coming to school instead of being

suppressed down. >> got you. it sounds like a terrible situation there and it's great that you are fighting back and getting to the changes that your kids need. cynthia ramirez joining us today from l.a. thank you, ma'am and congratulations on the big win. >> thank you and thank you for having me. >> you bet. by the way, we did reach out to the school district. we have yet to hear back from them. what do you think? e-mail us, friends at foxne foxnews.com. jessica alba joining us on the curvy couch. lots to talk about. bob seiger's number one song "shakedown".

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>> basically, the chemical industry as it stands now doesn't really need to test chemicals for their safety before they put them in personal care products. and there are lots of potentially very harmful things that could happen like autism, obesi obesity. >> before stuff comes out on the market. >> before they get sold to the products companies, yeah, you know, because certainly for me when you're pregnant, you want to make sure that you have the safest and healthiest environment for your new baby to come into the world and when you have a baby, you want them to obviously not have any exposure to toxic chemicals. >> is it going to do anything? >> yeah, it's reform on a bill that hasn't been reformed or over 35 years so i think, yeah, i'm excited. >> way to go! >> i think it's time. >> you are a relatively new mom. you have two children, honor and

haven and so did you get more involved in this once you were becoming a mom and --. >> i didn't even know about it until i did research and became a mom and i said why are there certain products that are eco and what does that mean? i have no idea. what's green? >> i have a feeling that you have green ecoproducts in front of you. >> that's right. >> this is your product line. >> i was inspired! >> your product line called the honest company. they're safe and economical. >> yeah, they're good for people. good for the planet. and affordable. and beautiful. >> like, for example. >> tell us about your favorites. >> what's this? >> dish washing fluid. >> dishwashing liquid. >> everything that, you know, you can clean your home with, clean your kid with, and diaper your kid with. >> clean your kid with. clean your home. get the counter and get cindy. >> something you put on their skin and gets absorbed into

their bloodstream and it's the stuff that they eat that they inhale, all of that stuff. >> my mom used to wipe my face with a dirty sponge. >> yeah? >> she's watching right now. >> everybody did back then. >> some of the rap is people think organic products don't clean as well. >> that was my problem with eco products is like they don't perform. there's no way. i'm a mom. it needs to work. so we did, you know, a lot of work on making sure that our products are the best on the market. so our diapers are 35% more absorbent than any other diaper on the market and you can go to our web site and for $20 a week, you get diapers and wipes. >> that's fantastic. all the products are available at -- >> honest.com. >> honest.com. honest, that's an easy e-mail. >> my daughter's name is honor. that's the inspiration. >> that's fantastic. are you going to fight crime in the movies any time soon? >> i think i will, yes. i'm going to be in "sin city 2". >> wow, you're one busy woman. >> congratulations.

>> thanks for all of this, jessica. >> thanks for having me! >> keeping it honest. >> all right. >> thank you. >> coming up, is new york mayor michael bloomberg playing politics at the colorado movie massacre? he's telling police to go on strike over gun control. well, he did say that before he retracted it. what judge jeanine pirro -- >> everybody is retracting. >> we'll have judge jeanine pirro in not to retract anything. >> then the same group of friends, the same exact picture for over 30 years. their awesome tradition. i actually don't like this tradition because it makes me see how old people get. >> not very. >> it's interesting. they eventually all have shirts on as you see. >> odd you would notice that. [ buzz ] off to work!

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>> ali: good morning, everyone. today is friday, july 27. i'm alisyn camerota in for gretchen this morning. it's a dream come true for illegal immigrants. the president's dream act reportedly being exploited by illegal immigrants, allowing emto avoid jail time. >> steve: remember when we were promised a summer of recovery? >> recovery act is working, but it's going to continue to work. it's not over. lots going to happen this summer. >> steve: yeah, right. a shocking new report shows just how many small businesses went under despite all that stimulus money. >> brian: their son is facing trial and thanks to this hollywood horror, they're scared for their lives. what has roseann done this time? "fox & friends" starts right now.

♪ >> brian: earlier he was singing. >> steve: he was. i would recognize that anywhere. that's "country boy" and we're talk being aaron lewis. he's our summer concert series performer today. >> brian: we're thrilled to have him. what do you think? >> ali: i think he's cool and as we discussed, he's a little bit donnie osmond and a little bit marie. >> brian: what do you mean? >> ali: he went from rock'n'roll to country. he talks about how he went country over a rock star.

we'll talk to him more. >> steve: speaking of stars, we have a lot of famous people here on the couch, but we just had jessica alba. she's a big movie star. >> brian: huge. >> steve: she is. that would explain, brian, why -- show the folks at home -- >> brian: i just tweeted this out to get her more public lit. because her product line is so good, it's safe. that's what we look like together. you can find her at honest. >> steve: that's right. brian was trying to talk her into -- you've already done the fantastic four. what about the fantastic five? then he handed a head shot and resume. >> brian: which was wrong of me. i should focus on the final hour because you have done a great job of booking the show. >> steve: thank you very much. famous dave's is cooking outside. so if you want breakfast, go ahead 'cause they just brought in the barbecue in the studio. >> ali: we'll be heading out shortly. first let's tell you the news. a vote is expected on a controversial united nations treaty aimed at regulating the global arms trade. it will cut down on the number

of weapons illegally trade between countries. a group of 51 u.s. senators from both sides of the aisle are threatening to oppose it. they say it expands gun control and falls short of forgetting american's rights to bear arms. what about to james holmes during the time he studied neuroscience ask it will remain a mystery because a judge banned university of colorado-denver from releasing records about his time there. the judge says releasing the records would impede the investigation. the alleged shooter entered the program in june 2011, but dropped out a year later. we first police who first responded repeatedly sent out pleas for more ambulances. radio traffic show it took more than 20 minutes for nearby departments to arrive. george zimmerman's parents say it's to counter how their son is being portrayed in the main stream media.

the web site going into detail about the numerous death threats, three generation of their family have received. robert zimmerman revealing the worst came out after roseann barr published their address and phone number. george zimmerman said he killed trayvon mart machine self-defense. five friends, 30 years, same photo. you're about to look at a group of buddies who posed for the exact same picture every five years since they were 19 years old. that's cool. this is the original snapshot. >> brian: depressed. >> ali: everyone ages. get used to it. >> brian: i don't want it. >> ali: this was taken on a death railing in 1982. here they are. they still look good, brian. >> steve: the guy second from the left, notice he had a hat on his knee. there is that hat again. >> brian: keep going. >> ali: so a little bit later -- >> steve: another hat. >> brian: look at the fourth impeachment he's really gone off the rails.

i'll show up at the picture, but i've totally changed. >> ali: these are the guy, they celebrated the tradition's 30th year, taking the exact same photo. they admit, brian, that they've gained a little weight and they have lost a little bit of hair overt years. >> steve: who hasn't? >> ali: but they're still all buddies. you're missing the point of the story c. they're still all buddies. it's a story of bonding. >> steve: i have think it's great idea. wherever they are, they do it. congratulations. good for you. at the top of the show of this hour, we ran you a little joe biden. i believe that was in 2010 where he was talking about, you know, it's working. our plan is work. well, maybe it wasn't because new census data that's been analyzed showed that during this administration, up to 2010, we lost hundreds of thousands of small businesses. just take a look from the period of march 2008 through

march 2010, the number of small businesses went down substantially, over 200,000 people -- rather 200,000 small businesses vanished, taking along over 3 million jobs. >> ali: this could explain why the president's comments on small businesses businesses ands responsible for building those has gained so much traction ask could explain why mitt romney is doing so well in the most recent gallup poll that people believe they'd be better for the economy given 200,000 small businesses have gone away. let's listen to john boehner. >> now the president is off campaigning trying to tell everyone who will listen that he didn't really mean what he said, that he didn't really mean you didn't build it. mr. president, i'll tell you what, if you want to show that you stand with american small business owners, the best thing

you can do is drop your plan to increase their taxes on january 1. >> steve: and given the outrage over what the president said about ten days ago in roanoke, virginia and something elsewhere he said that the plan we've done, it's worked. mitt romney has launched a series of ads that are devastating where it shows what the president has said in the past and then you see a bunch of faces of people who have been dramatically impacted by the recovery that hasn't recovered that much. >> brian: gallup poll of small business owners say what do you think of the president. 35% approve. two weeks ago, 41% approve. there is a situation with the reelection campaign for the president. they're really doing some damage control. >> ali: let's talk about the message that the head of the union for ice, immigration and customs enforcement patrol officers, brought to washington. basically he came to washington to say that this new directive from the president, that children, minors who were

brought here through no fault of their own by their illegal immigrant parents should not be prosecuted at all. he says it is causing mass confusion in the ranks of immigration. >> steve: the guys on the front lines. >> ali: yeah. >> brian: could i interject for a second? the president makes this executive order to say for a year and a half, i'll do it. but he has no plan to actually implement it. he doesn't think practically, how do i imcomplement my vision? he makes the speech and leaves! chris crane is an ice guy. he's trying to get his job done and no one know what is end is up. listen. >> one agent said to me yesterday, we have so many people telling us so many different things within our own office regarding what we can and cannot do that we don't know what to do and our managers don't know what to do either. we believe that significant numbers of people who are not dreamers are taking advantage of this practice to avoid arrest. >> brian: all you have to do if you're arrested say, my parents brought me here when i was two.

can i go now, officer? and they're supposed to let him go. >> steve: because the officers have been told by their supervisor that the people don't have to prove anything. >> brian: you have to go up to the guy and say, excuse me, do you have any paperwork on you? he goes no. then you can stay. >> steve: did you go to high school here? without looking in some database, if the guy says yes, i did, okay. let him go. >> ali: furthermore, what this ice guy testified to was that the agents are under threat of losing their jobs if they defy the policy. so they feel quite hamstrung because they don't want to lose their job, yet they don't know how it implement the new policy. so he was saying something has to change. >> steve: charles grassley, the target of peta, where they're -- >> brian: he's pro meat. >> steve: he says this new directive con denies breaking the law. do you think? e-mail us.

or twitter. by the way, charles grassley is a big twitterer. >> brian: he is. that's good to know. >> steve: in fact, one day he was twittering what we were saying on this telecast and gave us some credit. >> brian: if you want to find doocy -- >> ali: ali at fox. >> brian: straight ahead. >> ali: coming up, tight knit town stripped of its famous cross because it couldn't afford to fight, letting the outside atheists win? >> steve: then, brian, is new york mayor michael bloomberg -- >> brian: playing politics with. >> steve: the colorado movie massacre. he's telling police to go on strike over gun control. >> brian: guess who is here. judge jeanine pirro fired up about this one. she's on deck. >> ali: you guys are really a team. >> steve: thank you. >> brian: we're the team. i guess so all multivitamins give me the basics.

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>> ali: new york city mayor michael bloomberg using the colorado movie massacre to further his agenda for more gun control, even going on to say the police should go on strike. he thinks if nothing is changed. >> i don't understand why the police officers across this country don't stand up collectively and say, we're going to go on strike. we're not going to protect you unless you, the public, through your legislature, do what's required to keep us safe. after all, police officers want to go home to their families and we're doing everything we can to make their job more difficult, but more importantly, more dangerous by leaving guns in the hands of people who shouldn't have them. >> brian: by the way, it's hard to imagine something he said as irresponsible as that. joining us now is the host of "justice," judge jeanine pirro is here. great job in colorado.

hour after hour with breaking news. your reaction to the mayor? i don't understand if you heard him say it, but you're reaction? >> i heard him say it that day and i have to tell you, we all admire the mayor. we admire his passion. we admire that this is the most important issue to him. but to call for a stricter gun control laws within hours of the tragedy is promote ago political agenda beyond the feelings of people involved in this. there were still bodies in the movie theater when he is teeing up his favorite issue! to say that is not only disrespectful to everyone there, he's making it about him. he's making it about his issue. be quiet for 24 hours at least! but the other issue is this, you quoted him. he is in his call to the police, he doesn't understand why they don't go on strike -- he is instigating, encouraging a strike which is a violation of the taylor law in new york state. he can not do that. that is again the taylor law.

>> ali: he retracted the statement and said, i didn't mean it literally that they should go on strike. he was expressing some his outrage. >> he said it! what do you mean, he wasn't con deny ago strike? he's saying after all, we're stopping police from going home to their families. are you kidding? we don't want to do that. no one wants to do that. by the way, i've been in law enforcement 30 years. a prosecute, judge and d.a. i have seen one murder committed with a legal weapon. this is about illegal guns. you can pass all the gun control laws you want, but they're going to get illegal guns. >> brian: the suspect got them legally. >> he did get them legally and that's the point. he got them legally. if he wants to have stricter gun control laws in colorado, that's an issue for him to deal with. but we got enough problems in new york. deal with new york! when i was a d.a., i'd buy back guns. i'd give kids sneakers and money and tickets. you would be amazed the arsenal we would get. that's all you have to do is try get them to bring the guns in. you'll get them off the street. you know what? gun sales have gone up 40% in

the light of this. people are saying to themselves, if there is a nut job with a gun, we want to protect ourselves. by the way, in the interest of disclosure, i've got four guns. and if i had to, i would use them. i don't want to, but don't tell me i can't have a gun. supreme court says you can. second amendment says you can. now deal with it. >> ali: are you allowed to take them to movie theaters? >> you can't. but when was the last time you saw a screener in a movie theater. >> ali: now you may. >> you know what? maybe they ought to lock those doors. >> brian: i hate to tell you, he would have passed the background check because he had nothing on his record. he had no history of violence. >> ali: no felony conviction, no history of mental illness that we know of. isn't it amazing how there is all these gag orders out. school can't talk. lot of rumors about why he dropped out. >> brian: that is key. what happened in that oral report? why was he out of that school? did he quit? >> was he thrown out in who is the therapist? who is the shrink he was dealing

with. >> ali: all of that is fascinating. if you want to see more of judge jeanine, tune in to her show. >> brian: what do you mean if? of course you do. >> ali: when you want to see more of the judge. thanks so much. >> brian: coming up, speaking of mayor bloomberg, he's trying to ban big soda. with 10% unemployment, a crime more than 4%, should he really be focusing on sodapop? >> ali: the hours you're working could be killing you. the exact hours of the day that are putting people in an early grave. >> brian: don't get used to it according to ford, the works fuel saver package could literally pay for itself. jim twitchel is this true? yes it's true. how is this possible?

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>> brian: headlines for you. kevin costner filing suit

against the production company of his own movie. robinhood. remember that? costner claims he was not paid the promised revenue of 15% of sales from the 1991 film. the production company has not commented. let's watch "water world." steubenville, ohio, changing its official logo because it contained a cross. the cross part of a chapel at franciscan university, one of the city's most recognizable landmarks. they made the change after the freedom from religion foundation threatened to sue. here is a look at the old. now look at the new. cross not included. steve? >> steve: thanks for that update. now some food for thought. new york city mayor michael bloomberg making a big push to ban sodas that are big. >> nearly 60% of new yorkers city wide are overweight or obese. and sugary drink consumption is a key driver of the obesity

epidemic in the united states. it is not the only one. that's fair. but it is certainly one of them. >> steve: okay. but with the biggest town in america facing an unemployment rate of, as you can see, 10% right there, and crime up more than 4% over the past year, should new york city really be worried about a big pepsi? joining us now is new york city councilman republican dan halloran. >> good morning. >> steve: yesterday we were talking about the mayor who was encouraging the cops to go on strike. now we're talking about how he really wants to cut off people's soda consumption at 16 ounces. >> it's unbelievable. we have so many problems in the city, unemployment, as you pointed out. almost 1 1/2 points above the national average. we're having a discussion about putting small businesses out of business 'cause that's what this will do. it's going to reduce those profit margins incredibly on businesses that are barely surviving right now. >> steve: because the way -- a lot of people don't understand

this, it would not play to all businesses. if you're a 7-11, you're fine. but if you're the little mom and pop pizzary i can't down the tree, you're affected. >> exactly. the unequal application of this is something we'll find litigation against and the city will have to spend money and resources to defend this ban in court. as someone who has been a lawyer and tried these type of case, i'm not thrilled with the possibilities of our succeed not guilty a case based on this. >> steve: the interesting thing is so many people -- i've seen the late night comics comment on this -- so many people are saying, can you believe what new york city is trying to do? >> what i'm worried about is new york tends to set the pace for the rest of the country. i don't want other municipalities to get this stupid idea in the head that they should be doing things like this. this is not the role of government and it's not going to solve the problem. this is a placebo and it's not going to fix it. if we were serious about obesity, the mayor would be talking about mandatory gym classes in every school and funding them. >> steve: why isn't he? >> because obviously the big, big budget can't get bigger. we've laid off or let go every

nonessential employee that the city can and at this point we're 6,000 cops down since 9-11. there is no wonder our streets are less safe. it has nothing to do with guns or anything else. it has to do with the lack of cops. >> steve: i tell you what, councilman, the mayor could be watching right now from his home in bermuda, which he spends a the lo of time at. look in camera 2, what's your mayor to the mayor? >> if we're serious about obesity, the first thing of two do is start in the schools, educating our kids, getting them gym classes. then we can worry about the rest of it. but we don't have the opportunity to get rid of anymore small businesses. as we pointed out today right on the program, small businesses have shrunk again across the united states. this isn't helping. ain't making it better. >> steve: there you go. councilman from new york, we thank you very much. >> hopefully i'll be heading to congress and you'll see me there. >> steve: good luck to you. thank you, sir. all right. what do you think? e-mail us. second quarter gdp report due out any moment.

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>> steve: there is one of our friends. we're talking about chris wallace, fox news sunday anchor. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning, guys. >> ali: we're awaiting the second quarter gdp numbers. >> brian: let's just sit here. >> steve: they're released by the government right about now. >> ali: there you go. >> steve: 1.5%. that's not a good number. >> brian: here it is. it's a little lower than we thought, but 1.5. it's not 1. >> steve: but it's not 5. >> it's not good, though. that's very, very tepid. it was way higher than that in the fourth quarter. i don't think it's been above 2% for either of the first two quarters of the first half of 2012. that's a very slow number. basically it tells us what we

know, which is that we're not in a recession, but this is a very, very anemic recovery and it certainly ising if to keep the economy on the front burner as an issue in this presidential campaign. >> ali: that's the point, right? that is is this the moment -- forget the attack ads or anything else the candidates are doing. is this the moment the election hinges on that, as you said, it's this tepid growth? >> it's an interesting thing, ali and a good question because people think, well, it's what happens in october. but political science says over the years, people form a pretty strong opinion of the state of the economy several months ahead of time. certainly by labor day that we're not going to get another gdp number until very late in the process of the election. but -- i'm trying to think. i don't know that we will get it before the election. but we'll get a couple more unemployment numbers. but this is when people's opinions are really beginning to firm up. i think that people probably are

going to come to the conclusion -- that doesn't mean they won't vote for obama burks come to the conclusion that the president has not fixed the economy. simple as that. it's still a choice, but clearly i think the perception will be he has not fixed the economy. >> brian: what i find fascinating, the economy is slowing down sadly, unemployment is stubbornly high. now the president is having a real hard time walking back what they're saying, the four words, you didn't build that. that whole speech. now the rnc running a minute of the speech because they claim it was taken out of context. if you want to be the guy on the economy and that speech is tough to shake, that's bad mixture. even with your likeability ratings very high. correct? >> let me say, i always think don't watch what politicians say. watch what they do. when barak obama feels so -- examine his staff and i'm sure as a result of polling feels you didn't build that was so damage that he has to deliver a 30 second ad where he talks directly to camera -- that's a

big weapon for a president when he goes directly on camera and talks to the voters and says, that's not what i said, that's not what i meant, that's an indication that they have polling that indicates this is really hurting them. >> steve: yeah. >> i'm not sure that look at more of that speech will help because i think it makes it clear, when he said, you didn't build that, i think in fairness, he was talking about the infrastructure, but the basic point, which is if you build a company or you build your own business, that it isn't all on you, that it's government. not the community, it's not the church. it's the roads that were built by the governments, the teachers that were hired by the government, all of that. i think the more you look at it, the more is clear that's his philosophy. >> steve: the problem with his brand-new gdp number that came out it minutes ago, since it's at 1 1/2%, they say the growth at or below 2% will do anything to lower -- won't do anything to lower unemployment. that's not good for anybody. we got -- there it is.

that's a bad number for the second quarter here in the united states. we've also got a poll that is not good news for the president of the united states, when asked who would make -- would mitt romney make good decisions on the economy? 63% say yes. and about 30% say no. >> brian: on likability, president obama has 60 and romney with 30. >> ali: i want to stop there for a second. both of those are important. we do know people do vote for the guy that they want to have a beer with or the guy that they believe is most like them and, in fact, the poll went on further to say they think president obama is more trustworthy. so economy versus personality, which one is it? >> but i think you put your finger on it before, ali, which is it's not personality. it's not beer. it's a question of who you think understands you, relates to you, is going to care for you as president. that's the question. romney will try to make it a referendum on obama's record and clearly people aren't happy with

that record. on the other hand obama will try make it a choice whether you like him and -- like, do you trust him or trust me? romney has got work it do and what happened in the last 24 hours over in england where he'd go out of his way to offend the brits isn't going to help. >> brian: it was like a security question and -- the british press are going to town with it. i think the british press better back cough so should the officials. this guy could be president. >> you know, let me just say, if you ask me, i'll say this to you and not to ali 'cause i'll get in trouble. if you ask me if that suit makes you look fat, i'm not going to tell tough does even if it does, brian. >> steve: the whole suit. >> ali: it's a fat suit. >> yeah. straining on that button. can i real quickly plug my show because we're going to have a great guest. anthony scalia, ex louissively on fox news sunday. the longest serving supreme

court j the leader of the conservative wing, and if you've never heard him -- i've never interviewed him, but i've talked to him. a tough talking, italian american from queens. this is going to be fascinating. you got the healthcare ruling this year, the supreme court ruling on the arizona immigration law, exclusive only on fox news sunday. maybe i'll talk to him about whether the suit makes him look fat. >> brian: right. don't answer him. does the robe make him look fat. >> steve: i'd skip all that stuff. so watch chris and the tough talking italian american from queens as i sit here on the couch with the tough talking italian american from new jersey, and from -- >> brian: i'm half italian. chris, i'll work with you on this interview. >> steve: chris, by the way, ever since you mentioned the suit making him look fat, look at this body language. >> brian: i really feel it. >> brian, there are a lot of

things -- i don't mean that that way. you're a very trim guy. you're actually -- the way you're sitting though, have you put on a few pounds? >> brian: stop it. >> we all let ourselves go, i understand. don't feel badly about it. but you might want to hit the salad bar. >> steve: thank you, chris. right now we got -- i feel terrible. we got some headlines for you. we start with an extreme weather alert. thousands of people across the country still without power after thunderstorms last night pounded the northeast. downed trees. overnight tornadoes were reported in pennsylvania and new york. now at least two deaths are being blamed on the severe weather. the storm causing a transformer to explode. take a look at this. i would run in the house after the first one of those things. a tree fell on a power line right in somebody's backyard, setting off that gigantic explosion. nobodies with hurt. we don't know the extent of the

damage, but the tree probably lost some leaves. the heavy rain and wind lead to go cancellation of more than 900 flights across the country. the storms triggered by the traumatic and unstable weather yesterday hitting the nation. another round of storms could hit the region today in the northeast. >> ali: so much for hating the 1%. the white house still with a few friends in the banking world. the chairman of citigroup's investment banking department hosting a $10,000 a plate dinner for vice president joe biden next month in the hamptons on long island. citigroup got $45 billion from taxpayers as part of the government's big bailout. >> brian: more bad news for people who work the graveyard shift or night shift. study shows working irregular hours increases the risk of a heart attack and a stroke. lack of sleep, whacky eating habits, low levels of physical activity are likely it blame as well. previous studies have linked the night shift to high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity.

>> ali: that's not good news. >> steve: some stunning images of an up close and personal look into the wild world. these photographs capturing the moment when a lioness attacked a crocodile. the mom grabbing the croc by its mouth to protect her cubs. the two are in fees battle, biting one another. she eventually ran off. it happened so quickly, the photographer apparently didn't realize that they got the pictures until she downloaded and looked at them. that is amazing. >> brian: i am so glad i don't live in the jungle. >> ali: next, capital one illegally foreclosed on the homes of our nation's heros and now they're paying the price. we'll explain. >> brian: then the colorado shooting suspect sent his notebook of terror, laying out his plans to a psychiatrist. if a psychiatrist knew about the alleged shooter and said nothing, can they be held accountable? peter johnson, jr. will say something about that. >> steve: here is clayton and

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>> steve: quick friday morning headlines. president obama asking donors to help him spend four more birthdays in the white house. his e-mail reads, it could be the last one i celebrate as president of the united states. but that's not up to me. it's up to you. then he asked for more money. the president turns 51 august 4. capital one forking over $12 million to military families for allegedly violating their rights. the bank accused of foreclosing on active duty service members' houses, repossessing their cars, and denying them interest rate relief. all of which is illegal under the service member civil relief

act. ali? >> ali: there are disturbing new details about the aurora movie massacre suspect. fox news learned that james holmes sent a university of colorado psychiatrist a notebook previewing his attacks some say. but it sat unopened in the mail room. one victim is suing the alleged shooter's physician for failing to warn the victims. but does the psychiatrist of an accused mass murderer have a legal obligation to turn him in? fox news legal analyst peter johnson, jr. is here. good morning. so is james holmes -- if james holmes had a therapist and if he ever said anything disturbing to the therapist, is there a legal duty to alert authorities? >> yes. we don't know specifically if he saw the therapist to whom this notebook was allegedly sent, but if he did see that person as a therapist and he made a specific threat about a specific person, that psychiatrist, that mental health provider, under the law of the state of colorado, had an obligation under the law to do

two things: call the police, and two, actually warn that person or people who were the subject of that credible specific threat made by the patient. >> ali: this is complicated. >> violate the privilege. >> ali: you say violate the privilege. you mean the doctor-patient privilege? >> yes. >> ali: what if an alleged shooter says something like, sometimes i feel like killing people? >> not specific enough. but it may warrant what's called a 72-hour hold. where the doctor signs a piece of paper on his own or some licensed mental health provider says, i want this patient committed to a hospital for evaluation and/or treatment for 72 hours. it can go on longer. it can go on another 60 or 90 takes under civil court order. so a doctor in the state of colorado has a lot of options in terms of putting that person away for evaluation and/or treatment. >> ali: colorado has more stringent rules than other

states. >> there are some states the slaw not as clear. it doesn't mandate it. colorado happens to be a state that mandates such reporting. it's the tension between the patient privilege and the right to know of the public or individual person. between 10 to 20% of people that walk into psychiatric emergency rooms talk about homicidal things or specific homicidal threats. so more and more psychiatrists are actually getting on the phone with specific people and/or institutions to say, i have a patient. he's indicated a threat on your life. >> ali: we don't know more about the suspect's psychiatric history in part because the judge imposed a gag order. is that customary? >> it is, there is a lot of information based on leaks coming out of the jail house. was he spitting at the guards? is he now saying that he had amnesia? the act or the real presentation

at the arraignment the other day, is that real or is that fake? did he send this on purpose in order to shift liability onto someone else and prove that he was a psychiatric case whether he was or he wasn't? these answers will come out over time. but we do know under colorado that if a psychiatrist knew that he was going to be engaging in this movie massacre, today violate his privilege, tell the people who may be the victims, and alert the police. we don't know yet, but these are important questions in all 50 states based upon what we've seen in terms of these mass killings. >> ali: absolutely. try to prevent them from happening again. peter johnson, jr., thanks so much. >> have a wonderful weekend. >> ali: up next, country star aaron lewis performs his new single "endless summer." first let's check in with martha mccallum for what's on at the top of the hour. >> coming up on america's news room, the chick-fil-a controversy with a surprising new twist that you'll want to hear about. also the "wall street journal"'s

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>> ali: what are you guys doing here? >> steve: ladies and gentlemen, we're in the middle of the summer, but our good buddy, aaron lewis, is about to perform "endless summer"! give it up for him! here he goes!

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>> ali: anchors of the future, here they are. >> brian: this is bryce, alex and alex, three of the stars watching our star on stage. a round of applause for bryson, it's his birthday. >> ali: how old are you? >> i am four. >> brian: four years old. >> ali: you're fuelly five today. >> brian: look at all the people who came to your party! >> steve: everybody gives bryce one dollar, that will make his father very happy. >> ali: tune in tomorrow morning. i'll be on "fox & friends" weekend. have a great weekend. >> brian: stay for the after the

show show. >> steve: that's right. coming up next. martha:. martha: all right, everybody. we've got at fox news alert for you, brand new numbers. a look at the gdp of that has just come out. this is the second quarter we are looking at. it shows the economy has slowed to just 1 1/2% growth. that is below expectations. that is a very weak number. that is the slowest quarter for the united states in quite a while. good morning, everybody, i'm martha maccallum in "america's newsroom.". >> i'm rick folbaum in today for bill hemmer martha: many economists don't expect it to improve for the rest of the quarters of this year. that concerns wall street and washington and no doubt everybody is aware of the election season going on. stuart varney, anchor of "varney & company" on the fox business network. stuart, look at 1.5%. what is your view on this?

>> everybody is asking the same question and does this mean a election year recession? the answer is, probably not. but does it mean a sharp slowdown for the economy in this election year? and the answer is definitely yes. 1 1/2% growth rate is a very, very slim growth rate indeed. in fact if you look at the overall trend for the economy it is heading south. this is particularly bad news on the jobs front. if you are slowing down, if the economy is only creeping along at 1 1/2% growth a year, that is not a hiring economy. if you dig deeper into the numbers, you see that business investment is down. government purchases, down. profits down. and more importantly, consumption, that is what we spend in this economy overall, that is trending much lower. confirming a sharp downtrend for the u.s. economy. martha: yeah. i see that mitt romney is about to make some statement on the gdp from his tls